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Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes is a pousse-cafe layered from Calisayine bitters, maraschino, and brandy.

bitters · maraschino · brandy · after-dinner

Served in Liqueur glass.

Variants (2)

Drinks, and How to Make Them by Yeatman & Co. (1879, p.8) — Pousse-cafe

1 partbrandy base
1 partCalisayine bitters — Calisayine Bittersbase
1 partMaraschino — Maraschinomodifier
  1. Pour the bitters gently down the side of a liqueur glass.
  2. With the glass sloped, carefully add the maraschino down the side.
  3. Finish by layering the brandy on top.

The book presents this explicitly as a pousse-cafe.

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.200)

0.33 partcreme de cassis — Crème de Cassisbase
0.33 partChartreuse — Green Chartreusemodifier
0.33 partMaraschino liqueur — Maraschinomodifier
  1. Use liqueur glass and pour carefully so that ingredients do not mix.

See also: After Coffee Liqueur